In its June 19 Situation Report, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed two positive equine premises in Cowley County with vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV). These are Cowley County’s first confirmed cases for 2020.

Then, in its June 24 Situation Report, USDA-APHIS confirmed Sedgwick County’s first equine premises with VSV. Four premises in the county are affected.

Officials have also confirmed VSV in Butler County (nine new confirmed and two new suspect premises) and, since the June 19 Situation Report, one new equine premises in Cowley County. Thirty-two premises in three counties are currently under quarantine:

• Butler — 25
• Cowley — 3
• Sedgwick — 4

Veterinarians quarantine and monitor premises with confirmed positive and suspect cases for at least 14 days from the onset of lesions in the last animal affected